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209 Phillip St.
Tignish,
Prince Edward Island
C0B 2B0
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Prince Edward Island Tourism Region : North Cape Coastal Drive
Description From Owner:
- Village incorporated 1952 in Lot 1. P.O. from c1841.
- Tignish River: Flows E into Gulf of St. Law rence, Lot 1. Said to be from Micmac Mtagunich, 'paddle', because an Indian had broken a paddle there and went adrift. Such naming is not characteristic of Amerindians.
- W. F. Ganong suggests in notes in the NB Museum that it may be Tedeneche, 'straight across', in reference to its straight entrance.
- Clark 1902 has M'tagunite, 'tacking place'. Pacifique 1934 has Mtagenetig, 'trail'. Tignish Run, Tignish Shore and Tignish Harbour are adjacent features.
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First Acadian in House of Commons Stanislaus Perry (1823-1898) was the first Acadian to serve in the provincial assembly and in the Canadian House of Commons.
He was born in Tignish as Stanislaus-François Poirier but around 1843 anglicized his name. In 1854 he left school teaching for politics and in the next 43 years ran in 13 provincial and eight federal elections, all in Prince County, being defeated three times provincially and four times federally.
Perry opposed Confederation and often spoke in the Commons about the need to build a tunnel to connect PEI with mainland Canada.
With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011
After 122 years service it was decided the organ at St. Simon and St. Jude Catholic Church at Tignish could use a tuneup, so its 1,100 pipes were shipped to Juget-Sinclair Organ builders in Montreal in 2011 for a $100,000 refurbishment.
The organ was built there by Louis Mitchell and its pipes range in size from less than an inch to 16 feet in length.
Built in 1882, the Tignish organ was the 129th organ to leave the workshop of
Montréal organ builder Louis Mitchell. It is comprised of 19 voices over 2 manuals
(56 notes) and pedal (30 notes.)
With permission from 'Prince Edward Island Place Names' David E. Scott 2011
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